2004-05 Student Awards / Announcements
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Congratulations Stasia Honnold
Stasia earned Honors from the English Department for her 2005 thesis, "Sentimental Values: Narratives of Identity and Objects of the Past Virginia Woolf's "Street Haunting" and The Years; Rushdie's Midnight's Children.
May 2005
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2005 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize
The Department of English is proud to announce that Carissa Wodehouse and Jody Arthur were selected co-winners for the 2005 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize Award Contest. They will share the prize money of $100.00 and be recognized at Honors Convocation.
In recognition of their outstanding contribution to the contest, Honorable Mention went to Ryan Bruno, class of 2006 and Stephanie Beechem, class of 2008.
The Academy of American Poets is a national non-profit organization devoted to stimulating interest in American Poetry through fellowships and public programs. The Poetry Prize Contest is held at 177 undergraduate institutions annually. The results are also reported to the Academy and all the winners will be listed in the summer issue of the Academy's journal, American Poet.
May 2005
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Jason Simms - Recipient of the 2005 Dixon Award
Jason's project is entitled "Visions of Dickinson." He plans on using the award to conduct research in Massachusetts at the Dickinson Homestead, the Houghton Library at Harvard, and the Frost Library at Amherst College. Please join us in offering our sincere congratulations to Jason.
The Dixon Award, a $2000.00 award set-up to help fund extracurricular educational experiences to enhance a student's field of study, was established by the Dixon Family Foundation through the efforts of two alumni, Hillary and Adam Dixon. It was first awarded in 2003 to Ariel Holman, in 2004 to Stasia Honnold and will continue to be given to one junior English major each year until 2007.
The Department was impressed with this year's applications and would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the students who participated.
January 2005
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Jessica Montgomery ’06 double major in English and Religious Studies was named one of nineteen undergraduate and graduate students to receive scholarships from the Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation.
In addition to her studies, Montgomery is an accomplished pianist and composer. She gives piano lessons, sings in the college’s Cappella Nova and Vox Angelis choirs, and has composed several works. Her compositions have been performed at Lewis & Clark and during religious services. She tutors Portland-area students in English and works at the graduate school’s Northwest Writing Institute. She recently helped Writing Center Director Susan Hubbuch prepare the fifth edition of “Writing Research Papers From Across the Curriculum” and assisted a modern education class at Portland’s Jefferson High School. Montgomery plans to attend graduate school, teach high school English and eventually earn a doctorate.
December 2004
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